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Strategies & Models
Following are a few of the thousands of community wealth-building models that can be found in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

California

Alvarado Street Bakery (Rohnert Park, CA)
www.alvaradostreetbakery.com

Asian Neighborhood Design (San Francisco, CA)
www.andnet.org

Asset Policy Initiative of California (statewide coalition)
www.assetpolicy-ca.org

EARN (San Francisco, CA)
www.earn.org

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station Area Planning (San Francisco, CA)
www.bart.gov/about/planning/station.asp

Benetech (Palo Alto, CA)
www.benetech.org

Blue Diamond Growers (Sacramento, CA)
www.bluediamond.com

BRIDGE Housing (San Francisco, CA)
www.bridgehousing.com

Brown and Caldwell (Walnut Creek, CA)
www.brownandcaldwell.com

Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (Ventura, CA)
www.cabrilloedc.org

California Association of Microenterprise Organization (CAMEO) (San Francisco, CA)
www.microbiz.org

California Capital Financial Development Corporation (Sacramento, CA)
www.cacapital.org

California Center for Cooperative Development (Davis, CA)
www.cccd.coop

California Community Economic Development Association (Oakland, CA)
www.cceda.com

California Dairies, Inc. (Visalia, CA)
www.californiadairies.com

Community Foundation Land Trust (CFLT)
www.calfund.org/learn/land_trust.php

California Reinvestment Coalition (San Francisco, CA)
www.calreinvest.org

CalPERS, “California Investments”
www.calpers.ca.gov/index.jsp?bc=/investments/
assets/califinvestments.xml

CDC Small Business Finance Corporation (San Diego, CA)
www.cdcloans.com

Center for Diversity and Democracy, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
http://college.usc.edu/cdd/home/index.cfm

Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens (Goleta, CA)
www.fairviewgardens.org

Center on Policy Initiatives (San Diego, CA)
www.onlinecpi.org

Chatsworth Products (Los Angeles, CA)
www.chatsworth.com

Chinatown Community Development Center (San Francisco, CA)
www.chinatowncdc.org

CHISPA, Inc. (Salinas, CA)
www.chispahousing.org

Chrysalis (Los Angeles, CA)
www.changelives.org

City of San Francisco Office of Contract Administration,
Living Wage Unit (San Francisco, CA)
www.sfgov.org/site/oca_index.asp?id=26508

City Slicker Farms (Oakland, CA)
www.cityslickerfarms.org

Clean Power Cooperative (Nevada City, CA)
www.cleanpower.coop

Coachella Valley Housing Coalition (Indio, CA)
www.cvhc.org

*NEW*
Coalition for Responsible Community Development (Los Angeles, CA)
www.coalitionrcd.org

A Community of Friends (Los Angeles, CA)
www.acof.org

Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond (Richmond, CA)
www.chdcnr.com

Community Housing Partnership (San Francisco, CA)
www.chp-sf.org

Community Land Trust Association of West Marin (CLAM) (Point Reyes, CA)
www.clam-ptreyes.org

Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
www.ccscla.org/housing.htm

Cooperative Community Energy (San Rafael, CA)
www.cooperativecommunityenergy.com

The Cooperative Grocery (Emeryville, CA)
www.thecog.org

Creative Commons (San Francisco, CA)
www.creativecommons.org

Delancey Street Foundation (San Francisco, CA)
www.delanceystreetfoundation.org

Democracy At Work Institute (San Francisco, CA)
www.usworker.coop/education

Design Action Collective (Oakland, CA)
www.designaction.org

The Development Fund (San Francisco, CA)
www.tdfsf.org/

Dunn-Edwards (Los Angeles, CA)
www.dunnedwards.com

Earned Assets Resource Network (San Francisco, CA)
www.sfearn.org

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy Oakland, CA)
www.workingeastbay.org

East Bay Area Local Development Corp (Oakland, CA)
www.ebaldc.org

East Bay Municipal Utility District (Oakland, CA)
www.ebmud.com

East Los Angeles Community Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)
www.eastlacc.org

Ella Baker Center (Oakland, CA)
www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=5

El Pájaro Community Development Corporation (Watsonville, CA)
www.elpajarocdc.org

Esperanza Community Housing Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)
www.esperanzacommunityhousing.org

Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development (Fresno, CA)
www.fwced.org

First Community Housing (San Jose, CA)
www.firsthousing.org

Fruitvale Transit Village (Oakland, CA)
www.fruitvalevillage.net

Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Neighborhoods Program (San Francisco, CA)
www.haasjr.org

Global Green (Santa Monica, CA)
www.globalgreen.org

Good Capital (San Francisco, CA)
www.goodcap.net

The Greenlining Institute (Berkeley, CA)
www.greenlining.org

Guckenheimer Enterprises (Redwood City, CA)
www.guckenheimer.com

Holiday Quality Foods (Cottonwood, CA)
www.holidayqualityfoods.com

Homeboy Industries (Los Angeles, CA)
www.homeboy-industries.org

Hope Services (San Jose, CA)
www.hopeservices.org

Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County (Petaluma, CA)
www.housinglandtrust.org

Inkworks Press Collective (Berkeley, CA)
www.inkworkspress.org

Inner City Advisors
www.innercityadvisors.org

Internet Archive (San Francisco, CA)
www.archive.org

Institute for Urban and Regional Development (Berkeley, CA)
www-iurd.ced.berkeley.edu

Irvine Community Land Trust (Irvine, CA)
www.irvineclt.org

Isla Vista Food Co-op (Isla Vista, CA)
www.islavistafood.coop

Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network (San Jose, CA)
www.jointventure.org

Kelly-Moore Paints (San Carlos, CA)
www.kellymoore.com

Kleinfelder Inc. (San Diego, CA)
www.kleinfelder.com

La Cocina Community Kitchen (San Francisco, CA)
www.lacocinasf.org

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (Los Angeles, CA)
www.laane.org

Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power (Los Angeles, CA)
www.ladwp.com

Los Angeles Eco-Village (Los Angeles, CA)
www.laecovillage.org

Los Angeles Local Development Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)
www.losangelesldc.com

Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services (Los Angeles, CA)
www.lanhs.org

Low Income Investment Fund (Oakland, CA)
www.liifund.org

Market Creek Plaza (San Diego, CA)
www.marketcreekplaza.com

Mission Economic Development Association (San Francisco, CA)
www.medasf.org

Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund (Sacramento, CA)
www.ncrfund.com

Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (Oakland, CA)
www.nobawc.org

New Economics for Women (Los Angeles, CA)
www.neweconomicsforwomen.org

New Door Ventures (San Francisco, CA)
www.ggci.org

New Schools New Neighborhoods (Los Angles, CA)
www.nsbn.org

Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
www.norcalwaste.com

Northern California Community Loan Fund (San Francisco, CA)
www.ncclf.org

Northern California Land Trust (Berkeley, CA)
www.nclt.org

*NEW*
Oakland Community Land Trust (Oakland, CA)
www.oakclt.org

Office of Contract Administration, Living Wage Unit (San Francisco, CA)
www.sfgov.org/site/oca_index.asp?id=26508

Opportunity Fund (San Jose, CA)
www.opportunityfund.org

Orange County Community Housing Corp. (Santa Ana, CA)
www.occhc.org

Pacific Community Ventures (San Francisco, CA)
www.pacificcommunityventures.org

Parsons Corporation (Pasadena, CA)
www.parsons.com

Pasadena Development Corporation (Pasadena, CA)
www.pdcloans.org

People's Community Partnership Federal Credit Union (Oakland, CA)
www.pcpfcu.org

People's Grocery (Oakland, CA)
www.peoplesgrocery.org

Port of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
www.portoflosangeles.org

PRIDE Industries (Roseville, CA)
www.portoflosangeles.org

Progressive Los Angeles Network (Los Angeles, CA)
www.progressivela.org

Proposition 63—“Millionaires Tax” (California)
www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/ca/state/prop/63

Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA)
www.plos.org

ReUse People (Oakland, CA)
www.thereusepeople.org

Rosendin Electric Motor Works (San Jose, CA)
www.rosendin.com

Round Table Pizza (Concord, CA)
www.roundtablepizza.com

Saint Joseph Community Land Trust (South Lake, CA)
www.saintjosephclt.org

San Francisco Community Land Trust (San Francisco, CA)
www.sfclt.org

San Francisco Community Power (San Francisco, CA)
www.sfpower.org

San Jose Water (San Jose, CA)
www.sjmuniwater.com

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union (Santa Cruz, CA)
www.scruzccu.org

Science Applications International Corporation (San Diego, CA)
www.saic.com

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (San Jose, CA)
www.sv2.org/about-sv2

Solar Richmond (Richmond, CA)
www.solarrichmond.org

South County Housing Corporation (Gilroy, CA)
www.scounty.com

Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE), (Los Angeles, CA)
www.saje.net

Swan's Market (Oakland, CA)
www.swansmarket.com

Swinerton Builders (San Francisco, CA)
www.swinerton.com

*NEW*
Taller San Jose (Santa Ana, CA)
www.tallersanjose.org

Team Works (Los Altos, CA)
www.teamworks.coop

TELACU-The East Los Angeles Community Union (Los Angeles, CA)
clnet.sscnet.ucla.edu/community/telacu

Thoits Insurance Service (Mountain View, CA)
www.thoits-insurance.com

Three Stone Hearth (Berkeley, CA)
www.threestonehearth.com

Transformative Action Institute (Los Angeles, CA)
www.transformativeaction.org

Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (Northern California)
www.tricountyedc.org

The Unity Council (Oakland, CA)
www.unitycouncil.org

Urban Solutions (San Francisco, CA)
www.urbansolutionssf.org

Valley Economic Development Center (Van Nuys, CA)
www.vedc.org

Valley Transportation Agency (San Jose, CA)
www.vta.org/projects/tod.html

Vermont-Slauson Economic Development Corp. (Los Angeles, CA)
www.vsedc.org

Watts Labor Community Action Committee (Los Angeles, CA)
www.wlcac.org

Westside Housing and Economic Network (Fresno, CA)
www.westsidehousingeconomicnetwork.org

Willits Economic Localization (Willits, CA)
www.willitseconomiclocalization.org

Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (Oakland, CA)
www.wagescooperatives.org

Working Partnerships USA (San Jose, CA)
www.wpusa.org

Xigi.net (San Francisco, CA)
www.xigi.net

Youth Sounds (Oakland, CA)
www.youthsounds.org

Zachary's Pizza (Oakland, CA)
www.zacharys.com

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